MINUTES HORRY COUNTY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING May 20, :00 p.m.

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1 MINUTES HORRY COUNTY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING May 20, :00 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mark Lazarus, Chairman; Harold Worley; Marion Foxworth; Gary Loftus; Bob Grabowski; James Frazier; Al Allen; Paul Price; Brent Schulz; Carl Schwartzkopf; Paul Prince; and Jody Prince. MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHERS PRESENT: Pat Hartley; Chris Eldridge; Anne Wright; Steve Gosnell; Paul Whitten; Arrigo Carotti; Janet Carter; Barry Spivey; and Lisa Bourcier. In accordance with the FOIA, notices of the meeting were provided to the press stating the time, date, and place of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER: Mr. Lazarus called the meeting to order at approximately 6:00 p.m. INVOCATION: Mr. Grabowski gave the invocation. PLEDGE: Mr. Allen led the pledge. PUBLIC INPUT: 1. Nancy Conley spoke regarding the Red Cross. 2. Sharon Bower spoke on Ordinance Jack Plowman spoke on district representation. 4. Tom Pershy spoke on Coast RTA. 5. Emery Dailey was to speak on Police Department, DHEC, and adult services, but was absent. Mr. Lazarus closed public input at 6:15 p.m. APPROVAL OF AGENDA CONTENTS: Mr. Worley moved to approve the agenda contents, seconded by Mr. Loftus. Mr. P. Prince requested to remove from the Consent Agenda Resolution R due to an amendment. Mr. Schulz requested to be shown as a recusal on Ordinance and also requested to defer Resolution to the I&R Committee regarding access and property issues and then have it put back on the Council agenda immediately. Mr. Gosnell reminded Council that Resolution was scheduled for a public hearing that night. Mr. Frazier moved to approve the amended agenda, seconded by Mr. Loftus. The motion to amend passed unanimously. The main motion as amended passed unanimously. 1

2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Meeting May 6, 2014: Mr. Worley moved to approve the minutes as submitted, seconded by Mr. Grabowski. The motion passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA: Mr. Schwartzkopf moved to approve the Consent Agenda, seconded by Mr. Grabowski. The Consent Agenda consisted of the following: Third reading of the following ordinances to approve the request to amend the official zoning maps: Ord Russ Courtney, agent for Par Media Advertising and Ord Sally Hester. Third reading of Ordinance amending the FY2014 Budget so as to recognize additional revenue & expenditures. Third reading of Ordinance approving and authorizing the Administrator to execute the requisite legal documents to convey the former Socastee Recycling Center site to the Horry County School District. Matters relating to the Department of Airports: Third reading of Ordinance amending the County Code by adding minimum standards and requirements for aeronautical activities at Grand Strand Airport. Third reading of Ordinance approving and authorizing the Administrator to execute a lease agreement with Barnstormers Aerial Advertising, LLC, of Hangars #8 & #9, along with 6 aircraft parking positions and adjacent areas at Grand Strand Airport. Third reading of Ordinance approving and authorizing the Administrator to execute a lease agreement with Executive Helicopters, Inc., of a portion of Hangar #10 and adjacent parking areas at Grand Strand Airport. First reading of the following ordinances to approve the request to amend the official zoning maps: Ord Jeffrey Sloan, agent for Burroughs & Chapin Co.; Ord DDC Engineers, agent for Cameron Village PDD Amendment; Ord Melissa & Thomas Doucette, agents for Brandon Bushaw; Ord Kenneth Wells, agent for Eloise Sawyer; Ord MF Carolina Properties LLC; Ord Benjamin DeLamar, agent for Heritage Crane Rental, Inc.; Ord Roger Cox, agent for Scott Townes; Ord David Bullock, agent for Ina Bullock; Ord Rebecca Cox, agent for Linda Small; Ord Terry Hucks and Johnella Hinson; Ord Keith Benton, agent for Bayfield Development LLC and Ord Amber Wall, agent for Phillip Sheets LTD. First reading of Ordinance approving the administrator quit claim the abandoned portion of public right-of-way formerly known as Bluewater Road back to the property owners, Waccamaw Indian people. First reading of Ordinance approving and authorizing the administrator to execute an Assignment & Assumption of Lease and Novation Agreement regarding a certain automobile rental concession agreement for a vehicle rental concession at MYR. 2

3 Recreation Resolution R approving and allocation of council recreation funds to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Resolution R supporting the Horry County Patriot Tree Project s dedication of trees at the Old Count Courthouse grounds. District Board Appointments: Housing Comm. Reappointment of Jerry Strange to the Affordable/Workforce At-Large Board Appointments: Reappointment of Lance Thompson to the Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors; Appointment of Arthur Askew and Gale Mulcany to the Shoreline Behavioral Services Board of Directors; and Appointment of David Mannen to the Board of Architectural Review. The motion passed. Mr. Worley voted nay on Ordinance Mr. Schulz recused himself from voting on Ordinance RESOLUTIONS/PRESENTATIONS: Resolution R expressing the opinion of County Council that the granting of special exceptions to the zoning laws run with the land, and not as a right personal to applicants. Mr. Grabowski moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Loftus. The motion passed with Messrs. J. Prince and Price voting nay. Resolution R and Public Hearing to approve a telecommunications tower on a acre parcel off Hwy. 701 South and Santee Drive. Mr. Frazier moved to approve, seconded by Mr. P. Prince. No one spoke at the public hearing. The motion passed unanimously. Resolution R and Public Hearing to approve a telecommunications tower off Hwy. 57 and Redi Mix Road. Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Schulz. No one spoke at the public hearing. The motion passed unanimously. Public Hearing Only on Resolution R-41-14: to approve a mining permit for William Livingston, III, at a site located off Old Hwy 90 near the interchange of Old Reeves Ferry Road. No one spoke at the public hearing. Mr. Carotti stated that if it came back he recommended having another public hearing. The issue was being sent back to the I&R Committee and would be back on Council s agenda July 8 th and another public hearing would be held. Resolution R to approve the use of unspent bond proceeds for Horry County Library improvement projects. Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Schulz. Mr. P. Prince moved to amend, seconded by Mr. J. Prince. The motion passed unanimously. The main motion as amended passed unanimously. 3

4 READING OF ORDINANCES: Second reading of Ordinance approving and authorizing the county administrator to execute the requisite legal documents to convey the former Horry County Museum Building to the City of Conway. Mr. J. Prince moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Frazier. The motion passed unanimously. Second Reading and Public Hearing of Ordinance to raise revenue, make appropriations, and adopt a budget for Horry County for Fiscal Year ending June 30, Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Schwartzkopf. Mr. Allen moved to amend that any funding going to Coast RTA be deferred from the budget until at such time they could provide them with an outside independent audit and an outside independent consultation of what their master plan should be, seconded by Mr. J. Prince. Mr. Loftus moved to amend stating funding allocated to outside agencies through this budget ordinance was subject to each agency s compliance with the terms of the agency s funding agreement with the County, seconded by Mr. Grabowski. Mr. Loftus withdrew his amendment. Mr. Allen withdrew his original motion and restated that the funding be withheld from Coast RTA pending the terms set forth by the Council and approved by a resolution of Council before any funding was released to them. Mr. J. Prince withdrew his original second to the motion. Mr. J. Prince seconded the new motion made by Mr. Allen. Mr. Carotti restated the amendment: Disbursement of funding will be contingent upon the terms and conditions of the funding agreement to be approved by County Council by resolution. Mr. J. Prince withdrew his second. Mr. Loftus seconded the motion. The motion to Mr. Allen s amendment passed with Messrs. Foxworth and Grabowski voting nay. Mr. Spivey stated it would be appropriate for Council to amend the budget ordinance to include those items approved at the budget workshop on May 13, Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Grabowski. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Spivey said that staff recommended modifications to Sections 2, 3 and 4 in the budget ordinance wherein a specific millage rate was referenced. He requested the millage rate number be changed to the phrase to be determined. In addition to that, a phrase would be added at the end of each of those sections to include Millage as may be affected by reassessment would be approved via resolution of County Council. Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Loftus. After lengthy discussion, Mr. Worley withdrew his motion and Mr. Loftus withdrew his second. 4

5 Mr. Spivey stated Section 12 of the budget ordinance dealt with parking revenues. Staff recommended a change that would add a phrase to the last sentence that clarified what Council s action would mean when it was making a resolution to approve funding for a parking project. The current sentence read: Projects may be allocated by an approved resolution of County Council. The amendment would add two words and change that to say: Projects may be allocated budget appropriation by an approved resolution of County Council. After discussion, Mr. Lazarus requested this proposed amendment not be considered at second reading. Mr. Spivey stated there were two additional items. In Section 15 staff suggested that they remove the wording related to an automatic budgeting of lease proceeds and expenditures when a lease was accomplished. The procedure was that they had those budgeted this year so Council was actually looking at those as part of the CIP and having discretion over them and seeing the full amount as they were being approved. This just took that automatic budgeting process out and was intended in the future they would have it specifically stated within the budget each year. Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Schulz. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Spivey stated the last item was that they had approved by ordinance a budget amendment for 2014 earlier that day which included a reimbursement from the state. It was Ordinance which had $1,067,000 as the reimbursement amount. They had found out that that reimbursement would actually be increased up to $1,488,000 so that was a $421,000 increase that that reimbursement would bring into the County. Staff recommendation was to modify the 2015 budget in the Capital Projects Fund to recognize that additional use of fund balance and expenditure related to that for those radios that would allow them to pay more cash up front and finance less which would lower their payments in the future. However it would be available if they needed that in light of the reassessment discussion they had earlier tonight. Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Schulz. The motion passed with Mr. P. Prince voting nay. Mr. Lazarus stated before they took a vote on the amended version of the budget, he opened the public hearing and asked if there was anyone from the public that would like to discuss the budget at that time. The following people spoke at the public hearing: Pam Creech; Judge Butler and Judge Margie B. Livingston. The main motion to approve second reading passed with Messrs. Foxworth; Loftus; J. Prince and Price voting nay. OLD/NEW BUSINESS: Approval of the placement of a change collection container at MYR to benefit a local charity, New Directions. Mr. Worley moved to approve, seconded by Mr. Loftus. Mr. Price inquired about how the accountability of the money was going to be handled. Ms. Kathy Jenkins, Executive Director of New Directions, gave a briefing of the financial checks and balances of the organization. Mr. Pederson spoke on the group as well. Mr. Worley withdrew his motion. He challenged each member to give at least $300 if he was putting up $1500. If they got $1500 he would only put in $300. Mr. Loftus withdrew his second. Mr. Loftus donated $500. The issue would be discussed further in the Administration Committee. 5

6 ANNOUNCEMENTS: Mr. Lazarus stated at the June 3 rd meeting Mr. Eldridge would have a quarterly update on what was going on within the County departments. Memorial Dedication: Irene D. Nobles; Billy Jack Hardee; Lee Raymond Austin; Frances F. Jones; Rudy Shelley and Romel Eagles. Upcoming Meetings: Regular Council Meetings, June 3 and 17, 6:00 p.m.; Administration Committee, June 6, 10:00 a.m.; I&R Committee, June 23, 9:00 a.m. and Public Safety Committee, June 23, 3:00 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION: There was no Executive Session held. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Worley moved to adjourn, seconded by Mr. P. Prince. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. in memorial of Irene D. Nobles; Billy Jack Hardee; Lee Raymond Austin; Frances F. Jones; Rudy Shelley and Romel Eagles. 6